“It’s their life and they don’t owe me anything”
Rand Beiruty delivers on the promise of her film title: she tells us about them. She herself describes the concept of the film as follows: “TELL THEM ABOUT US follows a group of young girls, mostly Arab, with one Kurdish and one Roma girl, as they navigate their coming-of-age journey over four years in a German provincial town. The film takes on a collaborative approach by including artistic workshops, in order to prepare a series of scenes in which they stage their dreams in front of the camera.” We get an insight into the social background of the main characters, and into the strength they draw from their friendship. Beiruty: “For me this title transmits an attitude: we’re here and this is our story!”